Girdle for supporting garments.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903..

L. PAGAN.

GIRDLE POR SUPPORTING GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.21, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

LILLIAN FAGAN, OF COLUMBIA FALLS, MONTANA.

GIRDLE FOR SUPPORTING GARMENTS.

.SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,175, dated September 8, 1903. Application tiled February Z1, 1903. Serial No.144,361. (No model.)

To ((,ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, LILLIAN FAGAN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Columbia Falls, in the county of Flathead and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Girdles for Supporting Garments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in girdles, and especially to improved means for supporting garments from the shoulders of the wearer; and it consists, essentially, in the provision of an elastic girdle made up of circumferential elasticY bands which are connected to the vertical stays of the device, while elastic straps are provided which are designed to pass over the shoulders of the wearer, thus allowing the supporting device to yield under the strain incident to the various movements of the body.

Another feature of the present invention resides in the provision of garment-attaching devices carried by the yielding girdle, whereby bustles, napkins, and other garments may be held to the elastic' girdle.

The invention consists, further, in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which-'- Figure l is a perspective view showing the front of my improved garmentsupporter. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a rear view, of the device.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the top elastic band of the girdle, and secured to said band are the elastic shoulder-straps B B,

which are provided with means for taking up or letting out the straps to adjust the device to the wearer. The body portion of the girdle comprises a serios of elastic straps A',

which are spaced apart and have their ends secured to the meeting strips C and C',Which carry the fasteners. Said bands or straps A are spaced apart and are fastened to the vertical stays E. To the front faces of the meeting strips are fastened the safety-pins N, being attached to said strips preferably by stitching, and to the rear of thegirdle are fastened the safety-pins K K at locations preferably as shown in Fig. 3, and to the strip or stay intermediate the two to which said fasteners or safety-pins K are attached is secured a fastening-pin M near the lower end of the stay.

By the provision of agarment-fastener having the general construction described, and as illustrated in the drawings, it will be 0bserved that means is provided for the attachment of a bustle to the safety-pins K or, if desired, other garments, and by the provision of the pins secured at locations opposite each other at the front and the rear of the apparatus means is provided for attaching various garments which it may be desired to support from the shoulders of the wearer, and owing to the peculiar construction of the girdle the latter will yield under the various movements of the body and relieve the body of strain.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a girdle comprising series of elastic circumferential body-bands, stays fastened at right angles to said bands, fastener-carrying strips secured to the meeting edges of the girdle, garment-supporting fasteners secured to the outer edges of said strips adjacent to their lower ends, whereby the garment supported by said fasteners will have a tendency to hold said strips fastened together, and garment-supporting fasteners secured to the stays on the back of the garment-supports above their middle portions, said garment-supporting fastening devices being so arranged as to equally distribute the strain upon the girdle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l LILLIAN FAGAN.

Vitnesses:

JAMES BOLICK, F. M. Wl-nsNAN.

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